THE BRITISH ACADEMY,
established by Royal Charter in 1902, champions and supports the humanities and social sciences. It aims to inspire, recognise and support excellence and high achievement across the UK and internationally.
PORTAL
Welcome to PORTAL, the British Academy's directory of online resources in the humanities and social sciences. It is designed as an entry point to available resources for those working in higher education and research.
Follow the links below to access the entries in each subject area:
- African and Oriental Studies
- Archaeology
- Classical Antiquity
- Early Modern History to C1800
- Early Modern Languages and Literature
- Economics and Economic History
- History of Art and Music
- Law
- Linguistics and Philology
- Medieval Studies: History and Literature
- Modern History from C1800
- Modern Languages, Literatures, and Other Media
- Philosophy
- Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and
International Relations - Psychology
- Social Anthropology and Geography
- Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
- Theology and Religious Studies
We are always keen to hear the view of users on how PORTAL could be improved or to receive information about resources that could be included. Comments should be sent to a.cooke@brita.ac.uk
The Policy page describes how we choose resources for inclusion in PORTAL.
Information for users
Areas - what the subject listings cover
Institutional index - lists the resource descriptions by institution/department
Selection criteria - how we choose resources to list in PORTAL